Team USA general manager Brian Burke says they were looking for players with the particular skills to meld into a well-balanced style of play.

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But,despite team manager Jamil Bahindi's long list of complaints, he says the team is impressed by the reception given by the people of Kano state.

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Team USA Associate general manager Dave Poile says only five of the players considered for the team had Olympic experience, and only seven of them were even alive when Team USA won its last hockey gold 1980 in Lake Placid,New York.

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